It's a minimalist Monday edition of optimal living daily episode, four hundred and ninety three nightmares of a perfectionist by Josh, oilfields, Milburn of the minimalist dot com and I'm just a mock, welcome back or walk over the first This is where I read to you every single day to help you live a more meaningful life. How better to read and the minimalist on minimum Monday association. Are all about living a meaningful life by the way they just After on their tour, all the other stop in LOS Angeles, so deaf and check that out see coming city near you just go to less, is now dark com and before you Then too, there s a big things to audible for supporting this party ass. You get an audio book, completely free with a thirty day free trial. If you go to audible, dot, com site old I'll. Give you a great idea for audio books. You too, but for now just remember to visit audible dot coms oh well D D, an audio book and trial for free

now get right to today's minimalist Monday posed a start. Optimizing your life nightmares of a protectionist by job feels Melbourne of a minimalist Stockholm. Protectionism is a feudal endeavour as a protectionist. I speak from experience. And this is my confectionery him at times my perfectionism haunts me all the pleasure of getting a right can be immediately wiped out by small debilitating imperfections. The sharp stabbing pain of negative criticism, the disappointment, brightly illuminated flaw the vitriolic feeling brought forth a set of rules eyes, our culture, reinforced certain standards. We can all live up to the women with her half asserting helps adoring, of magazines. The expensively dress, celebratory wearing which persons annual salary on her wrist the modern day rock stars and funds are rallies, plastered all over bill

oars and tv screens attempting to keep up with these false standards is tantamount to who play a rigged aim: the game of professionalism, is designed for failure, and even if we could work this game one make us happy contentment comes from within not from the entrapment protruding hip bones. The blame blowing of consumer purchases, and yet we continue to play this game religious devotion, myself included, everyone is subject to public scrutiny at some level. Once your thoughts, easier mouth people will join You want the creation of a new book work project, a term paper release in the world Most subtle flaws are glaring, but we can't hide. Every thought hold back every word restrain every impulse and the fact that we can't mask all or imperfections is actually a good thing does, because our fault improve us. They help us,

Oh what we put our individual problems out in the open. They are far more noticeable in this. We feel compelled to address those problems, for example of noses phenomena within myself and this website by Russia. About my life, my transformations that my continued pursuit of personal refinement. I've put myself out there as it were many of you know more about me. Then certain members of my family do hour ago. My politics, if self forces me to always, I wouldn't otherwise grow alone. Me to learn important new lessons about life, the truth so we are all imperfect and if I waited for everything to be perfect I'll be waiting in perpetuity and my writings would never exist so. Instead, I write and then LISA to the world wars in all conscience, Only I've learned a valuable lesson by exposing my blemishes to the world of learning, be happy with my First, I am growth, not was perfection, truth be told.

Work incredibly hard on everything I do. I'm proud of that fact is exciting and gratifying to write these words for you to create something from nothing everything I do is inherently imperfect, but I'm happy when I go myself in the mirror and no is to absolute best. I can do similarly is just as gratify into share what I've learned about writing was soon. As in my all, my writing class opening myself up yet another way area. My flaw: in front of an intimate audience, find new ways to learn and prosper, respect of the arena. Whenever I around my flaws, I grow, I think the same goal: for all other areas of life to health. If you want a perfect by you'll, never have it. His steady can focus on having a better body. He could focus on having a healthier body while enjoying the process of exercising and strengthening your health relationships. If you're looking for the perfect part our friend or coworker you'll lose retired people,

are by nature, imperfect, become equipped with a tackle box of flaws, but instead of focusing on the phone you can focus on making your relationships bearer and honest, publishing new, empowering relationships. Passions, if you're looking for the perfect job is not out there no matter, you vocation, even if you land your dream job in which you pursue your passions every day there will be moments. To spare moments of tedium moments of doubt. But that's ok. Instead of moments, he can focus on the joy experienced by cultivating your passions. You can focus on the fulfilment you get from him moving everything you do and tiny ways each day, every way of life is filled with imperfection between arose over every blemish, I am not, however, advocating being average. The average person is not happy with his life I refuse to be run of the mill. I'd rather fail, Miserably than sauntered an alley of mediocrity instead

advocating passionately pursuing what you love and doing so with vigour. Knowing that there will be short, I mean I am mistakes along the way I am advocating learning from those feelings even appreciating them, because they allow how you to grow and that's what life is about overtime, I've learned take feedback for what it this sure there are some cynics and hypocritical holds out their men of learn a pay them no mind, although thus not always easy, but most people who provide advice or simply attempting to help they are contributing to the greater good. This feedback allows us to olive allows us to expand and live more meaningful lives. That doesn't mean that, I apply every bit of feedback I receive, but I do the sooner the meaningful value, adding observations and take action accordingly to learn how to better deal with imperfection. I've learned to do three simple things to change. My stay

when I feel overwhelmed or bother by my foibles breathe when stress, knocks on my door I'll, take a walk and focus on my breathing deep diaphragm, Matic breast change or physiology commas and provide our bodies with oxygen. We need focus, We focus on the negative, will feel fear, loneliness jealousy and every other negative emotion we can conjure from within. Conversely, if we focus on the positive will feel joy, happiness and contentment. Much of how we feel is directly associated to what we focus on police early, whatever we believe becomes a reality if we believe or in hateful. Then we'll find all the and even the nicest people, but if we believe people are I ain't in carrying them will find glimpses of perfect and in every miscreant and reprobate. The same is true for any event or situation in which we are involved. It is whatever

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